I had the same thing a while ago. I found out it was my firewall that was causing the problem (seems avg for a while thought that EE was a trogen horse). The way to fix this that I used was to do a full reset of my firewall by ahving it scan my computer for programs wishing to have access to the internet. Now I cannot go into details of how to do this for everyone because there are so many different firewalls out there that it would take a book on this problem. Try this one though and see if it fixes the problem: turn your computer off, unplug the ether net cord from the modem or the back of your computer, turn on your computer and let it fully start tot eh desktop. Now plug the ehternet cord back in and let your computer recognize a new network. All of your progerams will get a little pop up from teh fire wall asking for permission to access the internet. Press yes to those that you want to ahve access.

For DSL Users there is a second thing you can do: unplug your dsl/cable modem from the power outlet (some modems have a battery and that needs to be removed also). Wait for at least 1 minute to allow the memory within the modem to vclear out. After the one minute plug your modem back in (if it had a battery replace that first). Let it get internet access and seeif your game can now connect to the internet.

I recomend that everyone on dsl/cable unplug your modems from power at least once a month to dlear out the memory. Doing this does not harm the modem or any settings that you amy have on it. Good luck guys and i hope i was afo some use.

Same is happening to me ... I added a post about it last night, I didnt see this thread, but then the forum wasnt loading correctly either .. tried to hllar in the shout box, but that kept breaking too ... really not good lol